RE-SETTING SOLIDWORKS to ANSI 4

[designmr]

Have a question, we are running Solidworks 2007 (office Professional) SP4.0.

My question, every time anyone here starts a NEW drawing, Solidworks defaults to ISO, and drawings 1st Angle PROJECTION.

Where if we can, change the setting so Solidworks ALWAYS starts up in ANSI, and drawings 3rd Angle Projection?

Did we have to do this in the loading of the software?

Thanks

 

[ctopher]

You need to change your templates.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

 

[designmr]

Your talking about our "drawing formats"? What, we call up the formats and resave them with the new setting ANSI and 3rd ANGLE projections?

Thanks

 

[Eltron]

Open a new drawing. Go to Tools/Options/Document Properties. Under Detailing pick the Dimensioning Standard (ANSI). Go to File/Save As/Drawing Template. This will save whatever properties that you wish to assign to the sheet to your new template file.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

 

[ctopher]

... this will make the change from this point on. It will not go back and change older files.
There may be a macro for it somewhere.

Chris
SolidWorks 07 4.0/PDMWorks 07
AutoCAD 06
ctopher's home (updated 04-21-07)

 

[designmr]

Elrton, we have been doing that, but if your doing many drawings, we would have to do that to each drawing.

 

[Eltron]

Like Chris said...this will make the change from this point on. It will not go back and change older files.
There may be a macro for it somewhere.

Dan

http://www.eltronresearch.com

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

The mac_copydoc.zip Excel macro from

http://swtools.cad.de/macros.htm

may help.

 

[SBaugh]

If you save a template with you Doc prop setting correct. You would only have to do this once for all new drawing. The template is the foundation of your Part, Assembly or drawing.

If you have Inch and MM. then you make 2 separate templates for each unit type... same goes for all your assembly and drawing templates.

Regards,

Scott Baugh, CSWP

http://www.scottjbaugh.com

"If it's not broke, Don't fix it!"

faq731-376

 

[designmr]

Well so far all you folk's answers sound good. But if you create a drawing, without using a format the setting should already be embedded somewhere in your overall settings.

Starting a new part also starts in ISO, unit decimal places start off 5 places, EVERY TIME...

Infact as I am typing this, my boss and co-workers are trying to figure this out...

 

[JMirisola]

You have to create templates and then save them to a common network location. After doing that, open SolidWorks and under Tools->Options select file location. There will be a drop-down menu. Select Document Templates then add a new location. Navigate to where you've stored your templates. You'll need to do this for each work station.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M

 

[JMirisola]

Without trying to sound like too much of a jerk, this is basic stuff that you guys are fighting with. Did anyone there get any training? If not, someone should. You're only going to end up with more headaches down the road. There should be training available through your VAR. There's also

http://www.myigetit.com

as well as tutorials built into SolidWorks itself.

Jeff Mirisola, CSWP

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/jeffs_blog

Dell M90, Core2 Duo
4GB RAM
Nvidia 3500M

 

[designmr]

WE HAVE A WINNER, FINALLY...

THANKS everyone.....wow, a little issue turned into a BIG deal